Citations:holy crickets


 * 1922 — Hannah Gartland, The House of Cards, Dodd, Mead and Company (1922), page 43:
 * "Holy Crickets!" cried Harding, the plain clothes man, "if it isn't Jimmie, the Sleuth. No chance for us, Flynn, he has the criminal mugged already."
 * 1923 — Arthur Train, Tut, Tut! Mr. Tutt, Charles Scribner's Sons (1923), page 200:
 * "Holy crickets!" mused Tutt. "I wonder if she could be the same girl — tired of living on Lake Geneva with her prince — and looking for further adventures!"
 * 1924 — Rose Wilder Lane, The Peaks of Shala, Chapman & Dodd Ltd. (1924), page 71:
 * "Holy crickets, Rose Lane, we're actually hearing an Oread!" Betsy exclaimed, and Alex said, "Oh, no! Undoubtedly there is some natural explanation."
 * 1938 — Franklin W. Dixon, The Secret Warning, Grosset & Dunlap (1938), Chapter V:
 * "Holy crickets!" exploded Joe as the chums were undressing. "Where's my wallet? It's not in my pocket!"
 * 1947 — Henry McLemore, "Want To Know Who Will Win the Derby? Mail $1, Then Read", Beaver Valley Times, 2 May 1947:
 * Holy crickets! It's just as well she didn't win.
 * 1995 — "Number of minor-leaguers key to winning replacement", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12 March 1995:
 * And I said, "Holy crickets. That's probably the Emches I know."
 * 2010 — Katie MacAlister, In the Company of Vampires, Signet (2010), ISBN 9781101476567, page 86:
 * But…holy crickets. He's naked.